7 Months and Counting...

4th of July...I finally got ready, minus the makeup.

We spent that day at Mom and Dad Williams house. That night we went to the park and watched fireworks from our car window. I am 26 weeks 5 days here.

Sunday, July 5th. I am 26 weeks 6 days here. Wow...I got ready again. The belly is getting bigger!

27 Weeks. Notice some stretch marks finally appearing on my left side. My appendix scar has stretched to like 3 or 4 inches too (It used to be 1 inch long and pretty hard to notice.)


27 Weeks 5 days. This is our little girl. Both babies weighed in at about 2 lbs 10 oz. Her heart rate was 148 bpm. She is head down...still right on top of my bladder. The arrow on this pic is next to her nose (just in case you have a hard time seeing what is what).

Here is Baby B, our little boy. You can see his brain quite nicely here. The arrow is by his nose. His heart rate was 152 bpm. Our goal now is to make it to 32 weeks. This is the next big hurdle! We are anxious to get them here! Thank you again everyone for your help, love, support, and prayers. We are so greatful!

The Twins at 23 Weeks

This is our little baby girl--our future soccer player due to her unending kicks and jabs to my uterine wall. Her head is on the right of the photo. My bladder is the black spot right next to her head....
This is our little boy (Baby B)--Mr. Acrobatic. You can see his profile quite nicely. Both babies are about 1 lb. 6 oz. which is right on track!

Still Counting....

19 Weeks

20 Weeks

21 Weeks

23 Weeks 4 Days

Here are some pics of my growing belly. We were happy to find at our 20 week ultrasound that both babies are healthy and doing great. Baby B is a boy and Baby A is a girl. (They determine this by which twin is closer to the cervix. Baby A is actually located on my left side.) Baby A kicks all the time. Her head is sitting very low--right on my bladder. The ultrasound tech commented on how surprisingly LOW she is, as in she's wearing my bladder as a hat right now which makes for frequent trips to the powder room. Baby B tends to do somersaults (spelling?) often. Mike and I will be looking at my belly and it will have this random lopsided bulge. This is when we know he's doing his acrobatics. Overall we are very happy to be pregnant. This pregnancy has not been an easy one, but we know we are getting through it because of everyones' prayers, fasting, and love. Thank you so much!

Bed Rest....

As many of you are well aware, I have been on bed rest for the past 2 weeks. After a scare of heavy bleeding on April 4th, we learned in the ER that I have a sub-chorionic hemorrhage. Medical professionals don't know what causes it. It just happens. According to my doctor the best possible treatment is bedrest and monitoring the babies via ultrasound.

As stressful and worrisome a time this has been, we have been very blessed to learn that our babies are alive and well. We also would like to thank everyone for all they've done for us in easing this burden. You have all been so kind and loving. Thanks for the dinners, visits, books, movies, house cleaning, words of encouragement, etc. We truly believe you are all angels. (This top pic is from one of my primary girls, named Ashley. She decorated an Easter egg at school and gave me her tulip. She said it was for me so I would remember her. She is 5.)
This is my bed-side table, full of books, movies, crosswords, aroma therapy, and more. Thanks again everyone!

I thought I might show some pics of my growing tummy and babies. (FYI, we were excited to find out Baby B is a girl!!! We finally broke the William's record! It actually is possible to have a female Williams. We still do not know the gender of Baby A. I think it's a boy--Mike of course thinks its a girl. We'll see...) In this pic I am 8 weeks (2 months) along!

I'm 12 weeks here (3 months). It was kinda hard to see with the shirt covering my tummy.

Here is a profile of the twins at 12 weeks.

I'm 14 weeks here (about 3.5 months). Starting to get some stretch marks.... Mike and I feel incredibly blessed to know our babies are doing well and are growing. They are really cute too. We have a VHS of the ultrasound, but first have to figure out how to show it on our blog. I'll leave that to Mike who is my skilled, resident nerd. (Just kidding--kind of. I love you!!!)

Ammon's Birthday Party

Crystal and Adam's little boy Ammon turned one on March 19th. All the girls got together to celebrate. It was lots of fun!

Of course all the "aunties" had to hold him! He has grown so much since we last saw him.

Paige and Ammon. Love his little hat.

Kimchee must have pinched him...he looks worried here. Just kidding, he loved her.

Crystal and Ammon. This was the cutest pic. She's such a good mommy! It was so much fun to get together with everyone!

First comes love, then comes marriage....

Just in case you are all uninformed about our current status in life, we learned 2.5 weeks ago that we are having a baby! Yes, that's right....Melissa is prego! After a little scare of some spotting over this past weekend, the doctor ordered an ultrasound to make sure the baby was okay. While in the room, the lab tech informed us that the baby's heart rate was 116 bpm. She said the baby looks normal and healthy. She then adjusted her imaging and focused on another mass. Much to our surprise she then stated, "And baby B's heart rate is 124 bpm."

Immediately Mike and I gasped as we realized what this lady was saying. Yes, she was speaking English. And yes, she was informing us that we are pregnant with TWINS!! Wahoo twinners! So you can all feel as special and happy as we currently do (well almost), here are some pictures of our beloved and precious little "A" and "B" babies (that's right, it's plural).

Whole perspective of my innards: including uterus, bladder and two little babies up top.

Close up on the little ones...due October 8-9ish.

Measurements. According to the imaging, they are about 6.5 and 6.4 weeks along.

Anyways, in all seriousness, it was one of the most amazing things for us to wittness their little hearts beat and actually hear them. So, instead of being devastated about the health of the "baby", we felt incredibly blessed to learn there are two which are both alive and healthy.

Christmas with the Fam...and baby Hal!

Mom and Andi cooking waffles for Christmas morning breakfast.

Too much excitement for Josie...

Derek, aka Legolas, firing his bow and arrow at intruders.

The intruders...aka Jake and Lacey...with the conquering Derek.

Mike LOVES to make sugar cookies (which tasted freakin awesome)!

Our little, cute, and beautimous Christmas tree.

Chacos for Christmas. Score.

High-heels for the first time ever! Walking in them is the next challenge...

Presents!

Hair that Melissa HAD to bleach for fun.

Grand Finale: Melissa holding baby Hal for like 4 hours straight! Very therapeutic!